Teeny tiny tanker

Johnny emailed us to let us know he’s a big fan of the Pinto Air Freight Crosley, and that he recently came across another small(ish) truck in Gerlach, Nevada. While I wouldn’t call any Dodge WC-series truck small, they were only rated at 1/2 ton, and the Chevrolet tanker with a severe case of sunburn […]

Henry Ford’s hydroelectric dream on the Hudson

In August 1918, Henry Ford bought the entire northern half of Green Island, New York. His friend, Thomas Edison, had introduced Ford to the area; Edison founded GE in nearby Schenectady and reportedly loved to fish and hunt on that half of the island hugging the west bank of the Hudson River, just a dozen […]